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Gary Neville: 'Goal difference loss is Alex Ferguson's worst nightmare'

Neville: 'Goal difference loss Ferguson's worst nightmare'
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Gary Neville says that Sir Alex Ferguson would hate to miss out on the Premier League due to goal difference.

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has revealed that losing the Premier League title on goal difference would be Sir Alex Ferguson's "worst nightmare".

United are now level on points with Manchester City in the Premier League but lie in second due to City's superior goal difference. Both sides have two games left to play following the Citizens' 1-0 win over the Red Devils and Neville says that a goal difference defeat would infuriate Ferguson.

"I know - I've been in that changing room for 20 years - it's his worst nightmare. Losing a championship on goal difference is what he always talks about, every single season," said Neville.

"In January, in February, in March, whatever month it is going for a championship, he will say if you're 1-0, 2-0 up, 'score three, score four'.

"You never know whether it's going to get to goal difference. You look at games like Fulham at home 1-0, QPR at home 2-0, and it's these sort of things you look back at during a season an think, 'we could we have done more'. It is his worst nightmare."

United host Swansea City and travel to Sunderland in their remaining two fixtures while City go to Newcastle United and entertain Queens Park Rangers.

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